The decision to suspend girls above the age of 13 from attending school is a catastrophic step backwards for Afghan society. However, Afghan girls will be punished twice if the international community turns away. The IRC CEO said…
The United States has announced $48 million humanitarian assistance for Afghan refugees in Pakistan. US Embassy in Islamabad tweeted: “Please to note that more than $48 million of the newly announced US humanitarian assistance is for Afghan refugees…
Acting Afghan foreign minister during a telephonic conversation with his Iranian counterpart discussed the problems of Afghan refugees in Iran, recent incidents, bilateral relations and other important issues. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement received by…
Afghanistan’s special representative to the United Nation says 40 people, including women and children, have been killed in Pakistani airstrikes in Khost and Kunar province. Pakistani security forces have carried out airstrike on Waziristan refugees in Sperai district…
Afghanistan Ulema Association on Monday asked the caretaker government to reopen schools for all girls and create an environment for their education in accordance with Islamic law. After the Afghan caretaker government decided to cancel the opening of…
The Iranian embassy in capital Kabul has termed images and videos of Iranian border guards mistreating Afghans as an attempt to destroy relations between the two countries. However, Pajhwok Afghan News report shows that a number of Afghans…
The American Red Cross has honoured an Afghan citizen as ‘2022 Workplace Hero’ for resettling more than 100 of his countrymen in the United States over the past three months. Samim Noorzad, manager for Commonwealth Catholic Charities Refugee…
Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi says China has agreed to accept the credentials of diplomats the Taliban government has sent to the Afghan embassy in Beijing. While welcoming Beijing’s generous humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan, the…
A prestigious British university has announced granting admissions to 15 refugee women from Afghanistan. The University of Manchester announced providing free places to the Afghan women on its Masters in Educational Leadership in Practice programme. In a statement,…
A Taliban-appointed diplomat is all set to begin work as charge d’affaires at the Afghan embassy in Moscow, a Russian media outlet reported on Tuesday. Jamal Garwal would take over as Afghanistan’s charge d’affaires in Moscow within days,…
Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) or central bank on Wednesday organized a street photo exhibition in capital Kabul to press the United States to release Afghanistan’s assets. The US government has frozen over $8 billion in assets of Afghanistan…
Afghans living in the US have expressed their deep concern over the closure of Afghanistan’s embassy and other diplomatic missions and said they will face problems in the future. NaseerYasini, Afghanistan Cultural Association head in California, expressed deep…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday said Fazel Mohammad Saber has been appointed as chargé d'affaires in Afghanistan embassy in Turkmenistan. Khan Wali Khan Basharmal was previously serving as Afghanistan's ambassador to Turkmenistan, who resigned following regime…
The cabinet on Wednesday approved the formation of a commission that would be headed by Mulavi Shahabuddin Delawar to contact and encourage Afghans living abroad to return to their country. A statement from the Office of Administrative Affairs…
Afghan Post, a state-owned posting agency, says it has resumed posting services to foreign countries. In a Facebook post, the company said, "Following continued efforts of the leadership of the company, Afghan Post was able to resume its…
A government official on Tuesday said the International Women's Day was a great opportunity for Afghan women to demand their sharia rights and Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was committed to granting all these rights to the Afghan women.…
The Pakistani envoy in Kabul during a meeting with traders in eastern Nangarhar province has stressed that problems facing businesspeople on Torkham and other routes should be resolved. Mansoor Ahmad Khan said that four decades of conflicts in…
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) on Saturday said that around 500,000 Afghans from Iran and Pakistan, and some other countries, had returned to Afghanistan since the establishment of the new caretaker government in the country. Mohammad…
Afghan and Pakistani forces engaged in a clash in Spin Boldak district of southern Kandahar province that reportedly caused casualties. The incident took place at around 2pm on the southern region of Spin Boldak-Chaman gate in the…
A Malaysian delegation visiting capital Kabul has pledged to cooperate with Afghanistan in various fields and offered 100 scholarships to Afghan students. A statement from the Ministry of Higher Education received by Pajhwok Afghan News said that acting…
Afghan women organizations in an open letter to US President Joe Biden termed his decision regarding Afghanistan assets as unfair and warned this step will further deteriorate Afghanistan’s economy. The letter is dispatched on behalf of over 4000…
The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) says doctors of non-governmental organization Peace Village would arrive in Kabul on Thursday to identify children with severe burns or bone fracture for sending them to Germany for treatment. Germany’s Peace Village International …
Pakistan exports 90 percent of Afghanistan’s carpets to other countries under its own trademark, officials say. Previously, they recall, 60 percent of Afghanistan’s carpets were exported to Pakistan and 40 percent to other countries. The Afghanistan Carpet Production…
A number of Afghan women attending a special session of the European Parliament have called for formation of an inclusive government and reopening of all girls' schools in Afghanistan. After the regime change in Afghanistan on August 15,…
